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Ever wondered what goes into those mouth-watering pies that bear the DC State Fair blue ribbon? The website of the Makes-me-wanna SHOUT! Pie Baking Challenge recently revealed just that. Profiling both the person and the recipe, the post on Sharon Winget’s Chalfant Apple Cranberry Pie is not to be missed.

Everyone wins at the DC State Fair. Anyone who entered a pie competition for the first time or snapped a sweet picture at our photo booth knows that! But of course we also have contest winners. So without further ado, here they are.

The five Meet the Sweets participants stand by a sign at P Street Whole Foods.

In December 2012, DC State Fair sponsor Whole Foods P Street put out the red carpet for our pie and cupcake winners. A team led by Daniel Thaeler transformed the store into an ode to some of D.C.’s best bakers, designing profiles and recipe cards for each baker and confection, and inviting the winners to share samples.

The people who went from Fair contestants on 8th Street to stardom on P Street included (pictured from left):

Best Cupcake: Esther Ventus with the Juan Carlos Cupcake, a chocolate-raspberry creation

Meet Sophia Diggs-Galligan. She garnered both a Kids Poetry Contest first place ribbon for her age group and the first place prize over all for her poem “The Farmer.”

For this very first DC State Fair Kids Poetry Contest, youngsters in first through seventh grade from all over the city submitted their poetry on the topic of vegetables or gardens. We were stunned by everyone’s creativity. The final (and difficult) selection fell to our panel of esteemed judges.